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, Patented Aug. 8, |899. N. JACOBSON.

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(Application filed Jan. 20, 1899.)

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(Application filed Jan. 20, 1899.)

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NATHANIEL JAOOBSON, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,707, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed January 20,1899. Serial No. 702,792. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL JAooBsoN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Applicable to Caps, I-Iats,or other Coverings for the I-Iead,of which the following is a description thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a cap, hat, helmet, or other head-covering with a guard to protect the eyes or face of the wearer when moving rapidly forward-say on a bicycle or horse or in a vehicle fro1n unpleasant contact with insects, dust, or the like.

According to'this' invention the guard is made to be brought down in front of the eyes (or lower, if desiredlonly'at such times as it may be required,at other times being hinged up out of sight'inside the headcovering orin some cases removed altogether. The guard consists of a light curved wire'or other frame filled in with a piece of light netting or gauze or similar foraminous flexible protecting material, and constitutes an auxiliary foraminous vizor, which is hinged by light chains, links, or cords, &c., to the inside of the body of the head-covering beneath the permanent vizor. Thus when the guard is not required the frame can be raised up (carrying with it the gauze or like material) out of sight inside the head-cover and when required brought down below the head-cover andin front of the face of the wearer.

In the case of a loose removable guard applicable to a head-cover at pleasure the frame is pivoted to a metallic or'other suitable wire or band, curved'so that it can be fitted at the lower edge of the brow ofthe head-cover.

The annexed drawingsillu'strate how my invention may be carried into practical effect.

On Sheet 1, Figure 1 thereof is a sectional elevation of a cap fitted with one of my guards. Figs. 2 and 3 are side and front views of a detachable guard set or viewed at a slight angle. Fig. 4 shows the cap with the guard in use. On Sheet 2, Figs. 5 and 6 show the guard applied to a hat.

Referring to Fig. 1 on the drawings, a is the cap, and a the peak thereof. b is a light wire forming a frame to which the transparent gauze or netting b, of suitable flexible material, is-attached in any convenient way-say by a suitable binding fabric. The upper edge of this gauze or netting b is attached to a strip of suitable soft absorbent material 19 such as thin felt, which is attached to the brow of the cap. The wire or frame is attached at each end or side to one end of a light short chain c, (seen dotted at Fig. 1,) preferably concealed or covered by the material b the other end of which is fastened to the cap a. By this means the guard b b can be put up inside the cap, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. l, and the brow of the wearer is only in contact with the soft absorbent material 12 Figs. 2 and 3 show a guard made according to this invention which can be applied by means of a hook or stitching to a cap or head-covering and removed therefrom if required. In this case the upper part of the fabric b 'is fastened to a light curved wire (1,

which can be hooked or stitched in the brow of the cap or head-covering, and its action and use will then be the same as above described.

- It will thus be seen that my shield or guard constitutes a foraminous auxiliary vizor which is hinged to the head-covering beneath the permanent vizor; and in using the word vizor in the claim Iintend the same to cover as well the vizor on a cap as the brim or projecting portion of a hat, such as shown in my drawings.

I would remark in conclusion that in the case of hats or similar head-coverings the guard would be arranged in a similar way; but it would be raised up inside the crown of the hat instead of over the peak,as illustrated, but it would be quite out of the way of the head of the wearer.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a headcovering comprising a body and permanent vizor, and an auxiliary foraminous vizor hinged to the body of the head-covering beneath the permanent vizor, said auxiliary vizor being adapted to be folded into the crown of the head-covering, when not in use, and to extend below the eyes when in use, in order to protect the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHANIEL J AOOBSON. 

